Fusion polypeptide against EB virus-induced tumor and colicin Ia mutant

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a fusion polypeptide against EB virus-induced tumor, which comprises an antibody or a mimetic antibody against EB virus and an ion channel forming colicin selected form E1, Ia, Ib, A, B, N and their mutants. The present invention also provides a colicin Ia mutant, which comprises mutations of G11A, H22G, A26G, V31L, and H40D. The present invention also provides a gene, vector, preparation method and use of the fusion polypeptide, and provides a gene and use of the mutant.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the filed of anti-tumor agents, andmore specifically, to a novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EBvirus and use and preparation method thereof.

RELATED ART

In the area of antibiotics research, studies have been directed towardsdevelopment of new antibiotics which simulate the inter-killingmechanism among homogeneous heterologous strains. There are a lot ofbacterial toxins in the nature which kill cells by forming ion channelson the cellular membrane of bacteria directly. The model example of suchtoxin is colicin, a bacteria toxin secreted by E. coli. Colicin Ia wasfound by Jacob in 1952, since then, via the hard work of generations,Qiu et al. (Major transmembrane movement associated with colicin Iachannel gating. J. Gen. Physiology, 107:313-328 (1996)) finally revealedthe transmembrane spatial structure of colicin Ia when the ion channelsformed in artificia lipid bilayer membranes is open or closed, whichprovides a fundamental basis for the design and preparation of newantibiotics at molecular level. Subsequently, there are polypeptidemolecules made by the connection of colicin polypeptide with signalpeptide such as pheromones of Streptococcus albus or Staphylococcus,which target the colicin to the cell membrane of bacteria interested andkill the cell due to the leak of cellular contents through thetransmembrane ion channels formed.

Malignant tumor poses a great threat to human health. Seven millionpeople die from malignant tumor every year in the world, one sixth ofwhich are in China. Malignant tumor is now the second leading cause ofdeath in our country. Since the etiology, pathogenesis and clinicalmanifestation of malignant tumor are not clearly elucidated, preventionand treatment is not effective. Anti-tumor agents are important in thetreatment of tumor. Although they achieve therapeutic effect to sometumor, there remains some disadvantage, such as insufficient tumorselectivity, immunological suppression, adverse reaction, drugresistance, etc.

The surface of cells of Burkitt's lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma andnasopharyngeal carcinoma caused by Epstein-Barr (EB) Virus bears aspecific surface antigen of EB virus. Therefore, EB virus surfaceantigen can be regarded as a specific marker of such tumor cells. Forthe agents against the tumor caused by EB virus, the invention with thechina patent No. ZL200410081446.8 discloses an anti-tumor polypeptideformed by the conjugation of colicin and antibody mimetics whichrecognize EB virus surface antigen. The anti-tumor polypeptide canspecifically kill the cancer cells caused by EB virus in the body, hasno harm to normal cells, the killing ability of which is several timesover other anti-tumor agents, and overcomes the problems such as tumorselectivity, drug resistance, impairment of normal tissue when thecancer cells are killed. Xiao-Qing Qiu et al. (Xiao-Qing Qiu et al.,2007, Small antibody mimetics comprising two complementarity-determiningregions and a framework region for tumor targeting, Nature Biotechnology25, 921-929, 1 Aug. 2007) compare the killing effect of anti-tumorpolypeptides constructed by a series of antibody mimetics and colicin,and find that anti-tumor polypeptides constructed by antibody mimeticsof V_(H)CDR1-V_(H)FR₂-V_(L)CDR3 and V_(L)CDR1-V_(H)FR₂-V_(H)CDR3 withcolicin have superior killing ability. This work provides more candidateantibody mimetics for the preparation of polypeptides against tumorcaused by EB virus.

However, for the anti-tumor polypeptide described above, since thehydrophobic terminal of colicin has some amino acid residues which mayinclude hypersensitivity, the medicine comprising polypeptide of colicinis possible to elicit abnormal immune responses in vivo more easily.It's reported that metabolic mechanism of many cancer patient isabnormal due to the disturbance from cancer cells, they are easy tosuffer an allergic response to medicine of polypeptides, thus can not betreated by such medicine. Therefore, it is necessary to improve colicinpolypeptide in order to obtain an anti-cancer medicine which is saferand suitable for more patients.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Base on the disadvantage of prior art stated above, the presentinvention provides a novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EB virusand use and preparation method thereof, thus provides a medicine for thetreatment of tumor caused by EB virus which has high killing ability,high specificity, and low possibility of allergy.

A novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EB virus, which is formed byoperable linkage of a mutant polypeptide of colicin which can form ionchannels with a polypeptide of anti-EB virus antibody or a polypeptideof anti-EB virus antibody mimetics, the mutant polypeptide of colicinwhich can form ion channels is obtain by mutation of amino acid residuesof G 11A, H22G, A26G, V31L, and H40D to peptide chain of wild-typecolicin E1, Ia, Ib, A, B, N or aqueous channel domain thereof, the aminoacid sequence of the polypeptide of anti-EB virus antibody is the sameas the polypeptide of monoclonal antibody secreted by hybridoma of ATCCHB-168.

The polypeptide of antibody mimetics is a connected peptide of CDR1region of heavy chain, linking peptide segment of CDR1-CDR2 of heavychain and CDR3 of light chain of anti-EB virus antibody.

The mutant polypeptide of colicin which can form ion channels isobtained by mutation of wild-type colicin Ia.

The novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EB virus has the aminoacid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 29.

A gene encoding the novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EB virus.

The gene, which has the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 30.

A recombination plasmid comprising said gene.

A preparation method for the novel polypeptide against tumor caused byEB virus, comprising steps of: transforming said recombination plasmidinto an expression system for expression, and isolating the polypeptideexpressed.

Use of said novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EB virus inpreparation of a medicament for the treatment and prevention of tumorcaused by EB virus.

A mutant polypeptide of colicin Ia, its amino acid sequence is shown inSEQ ID NO. 24.

A gene encoding a mutant polypeptide of colicin Ia.

Use of said gene in preparation of peptide medicament, operably linkingsaid gene with a gene which induces the peptide, cloning into anexpression vector, then transforming the expression vector into anexpression system, and isolating the polypeptide expressed.

The invention provides a novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EBvirus, which is formed by a mutant polypeptide of colicin which can formion channels with a polypeptide of anti-EB virus antibody or apolypeptide of anti-EB virus antibody mimetics. Since there are someamino acid residues in the wild-type colicin polypeptide molecule whichmay include hypersensitivity, in the polypeptide molecule of colicinwhich can form ion channel construct, the invention selectively mutatesamino acid residues in the hydrophobic region which may elicit allergicresponse easily. For example, in a preferred embodiment of theinvention, the mutant sites of polypeptide of colicin Ia are: G11A,H22G, A26G, V31L and H40D. In mice immunized with injection of apolypeptide of colicin Ia or a polypeptide of mutant Ia respectively,the experimental data shows that serum titer produced by the miceinjected with the polypeptide of mutant Ia is several orders ofmagnitude lower than the former, that is to say, the level of immuneresponse is lower, demonstrating that the mutant polypeptide reduces thepossibility of allergy, while the mutant polypeptide retains thefunction of forming ion channels in cell membrane. The experiment showedthat the killing ability of the recombinant polypeptide of the inventionis not affected, which means that the mutant amino acid residues do notaffect the function of forming ion channels for colicin. In the novelpolypeptide against tumor caused by EB virus provided by the invention,via the recognition of the polypeptide of anti-EB virus antibody or thepolypeptide of anti-EB virus antibody mimetics to the surface antigen oftumor cells caused by the EB virus, the mutant polypeptide of colicin istargeted to the membrane of target cells, the hydrophobic region oftransmembrane ion channel domain of the mutant polypeptide of colicin isinserted to the cell membrane of tumor cells, and forms an ion channel,therefore the tumor cells die from the leak of cellular contents. Theamino acid sequence of polypeptide of anti-EB virus antibody completelyrefers to the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide of antibodysecreted by hybridoma of ATCC HB-168.

In an embodiment of the invention, an anti-tumor polypeptide of lowmolecular weight of the invention is preferred, which is obtained byoperable linkage of the polypeptide of anti-EB virus antibody mimeticsdescribed above with the carboxyl terminus of the mutant polypeptide ofcolicin. That is to say, such a mimetic polypeptide of low molecularweight comprises a peptide chain of VHCDR1-VHFR2-VLCDR3 which isobtained by the connection of VHCDR1 region, VLCDR3 region, linkingpeptide segment of VHCDR1-VHCDR2 and VLCDR3 of light chain of thepolypeptide of the anti-EB virus antibody. The amino acid sequence ofthe novel anti-tumor peptide 1 of antibody mimetics is shown in SEQ IDNO. 25. The antibody mimetics only comprises amino acids less than 30,and has a much lower molecular weight than natural antibody of 150 aminoacids. It fulfills the requirement of antigen recognition while reducesthe molecular weight of anti-tumor polypeptide substantially, andcontributes to the tissue penetration ability of the anti-tumorpolypeptide of the present invention.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a gene sequenceencoding the anti-tumor polypeptide of the present invention. The geneof the anti-tumor polypeptide of the present invention is formed by theoperable linkage of a gene encoding a mutant polypeptide of colicin witha gene encoding a polypeptide of anti-EB virus antibody or a polypeptideof antibody mimetics thereof, wherein the polypeptide of colicin and thegene sequence of the anti-EB virus antibody is known in the art, thegene of mutant polypeptide of colicin is obtained by the following pointmutations in the corresponding codons of the gene of colicinpolypeptide: G11A, H22G, A26G, V31L and H40D. As a result of thedegeneracy of the genetic code, a skilled person in the art may adjustthe nucleotide sequence encoding the anti-tumor polypeptide of thepresent invention without altering the amino acid sequence.

The recombination plasmid of the present invention means that theoriginal vector loaded with gene of wild-type colicin is site-directedmutated in double stranded nucleotide, and inserted by mutant codons inthe site of target mutation, thus obtaining a mutant vector comprisingthe gene of mutant polypeptide of colicin. The same process of thesite-directed mutagenesis inserts a gene encoding antibody mimetics ofan anti-EB virus antibody into the carboxyl terminus of a gene of themutant polypeptide of colicin, thus obtaining a recombinant plasmid ofthe present invention. The original vector pSELECTTM-1 is purchased fromPromega Corp., which carries genes of colicin Ia and Immunity protein.The process of site directed mutagenesis follows the instruction of thekit from Strategene Corp. The present invention carries out some sitedirected mutagenesis to prepare a mutant polypeptide of colicin, whereinfive codons are site-directed mutated. Therefore, 5 pairs of primersequences are designed (SEQ ID No. 1-10). In the example of the presentinvention, 6 pairs of primer sequences are designed for the gene ofantibody mimetics (SEQ ID No. 11-22).

The present invention also provides a method for the preparation of theanti-tumor polypeptide of the present invention, which comprisestransforming the recombinant vector obtained above into an engineeringbacteria of E. coli BL21(DE3), selecting positive clone, isolating andpurifying the protein expressed by the positive clone, thus obtainingthe novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EB virus of the presentinvention.

The novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EB virus provided by thepresent invention can be used in preparation of a medicament for thetreatment and prevention of tumor caused by EB virus. A clinicalsuitable pharmaceutical composition can be made by adding thepolypeptide of novel antibiotics obtain in the present invention into apharmaceutically acceptable carrier or vehicle or other optionalcomponents.

The present invention also provides the amino acid sequence and the genesequence of the mutant polypeptide of colicin Ia. The mutant polypeptidecan be used in the present invention, also can be used in theconstruction of an antibody polypeptide with other targetingpolypeptides. The experimental data of example 3 in the invention provesthat the peptide medicament comprising the mutant polypeptide has a lowimmunogenicity, and that the antibody polypeptide formed by the mutantpolypeptide with other targeting polypeptide has a bactericidal ability.The preparation method is routine experimental process in the art.

The novel anti-tumor polypeptide provided by the invention has theadvantage of the anti-tumor polypeptide disclosed in the patent No.ZL200410081446.8, i.e., highly specific targeting and safety to normalcells, and not inclined to developing drug resistance. At the same time,the anti-tumor polypeptide of the present invention has been mutated atthe amino acid residues which tend to elicit allergic response, theimmunogenicity of the anti-tumor polypeptide comprising such mutantpolypeptide is reduced, that is to say, the possibility of allergicreaction is reduced. The use safety and effect of killing tumor ofmedicament of such polypeptides are improved. This may also be a goodexample for improvement of other medicament comprising colicinpolypeptide.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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FIG. 1. Schematic illustration of the structure of recombinant plasmidpCHCEB11 which comprises the gene of polypeptide of antibody mimetics ofV_(H)CDR1-V_(H)FR₂-V_(L)CDR3 and the gene of the mutant polypeptide ofcolicin Ia.

FIG. 2. Schematic illustration of the structure of recombinant plasmidpCHCEB22 which comprises the gene of polypeptide of antibody mimetics ofV_(H)CDR1-V_(H)FR₂-(Rev)V_(L)CDR3 and the gene of the mutant polypeptideof colicin Ia.

FIG. 3. The experiment 1 of sensitization effect of the mutantpolypeptide of colicin Ia.

(A) Kunming mice intraperitoneally injected with lethal dose of MRSA(ATCC BAA42) are grouped randomly into (1) control group, (2) group ofampicillin, (3) group of polypeptide against S. aurous (ZL 01128836.1),(4) group of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous.

(B) After 14 days, a new batch of Kunming mice are grouped into acontrol group and a group of ampicillin. Survived mice from the group ofpolypeptide against S. aurous and the group of polypeptide 1 against S.aurous are grouped into a group of polypeptide against S. aurous and agroup of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous, and the experiment isrepeated.

(C) After 41 days, a new batch of Kunming mice are grouped into (1)control group, (2) group of levofloxacin, (3) group of ceftriaxonesodium, (4) group of polypeptide against S. aurous, and (5) survivedmice from the group of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous are grouped intoa group of polypeptide 2 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and a group ofpolypeptide 1 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

FIG. 4. The experiment 3 of low sensitization effect of the mutantpolypeptide of colicin Ia.

(A) the serum of group of polypeptide against S. aurous/polypeptide 2against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, titer of 1:50,000;

(B) the serum of group of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous/polypeptide 1against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, titer of 1:50,000.

(1) Week 1, (2) Week 2, (3) serum of Week 7, (4) negative control.

FIG. 5. Comparison of in vitro killing effect of the novel anti-tumorpolypeptide to Burkitt's lymphoma caused by EB virus.

(A) control group, (B) novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1 treated group, (C)novel anti-tumor polypeptide 2 treated group.

FIG. 6. In vitro killing effect of the novel anti-tumor polypeptide tocells of Burkitt's lymphoma caused by EB virus and other tumor cells.

(A) EBV positive cells of Burkitt's lymphoma,

(B) EBV negative cells of Burkitt's lymphoma,

(C) EBV positive cells of malignant lymphosarcoma from patient of AIDS.

(1) control group, (2) novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1 treated group.

FIG. 7. Killing effect of the novel anti-tumor polypeptide to solidtumor grown from naked mice planted with cells of Burkitt's lymphomacaused by EB virus.

(A) control group.

(B) SCID immunodeficient mice from the novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1treated group are all inoculated with cells of Burkitt's lymphoma intoboth axillary flanks Arrow on the left, EBV negative lymphosarcoma,arrow on the right, EBV positive lymphosarcoma.

FIG. 8. Killing effect of the novel anti-tumor polypeptide to solidtumor grown from naked mice planted with cells of Burkitt's lymphomacaused by EB virus.

(A) section of EBV negative lymphosarcoma of control mice, (B) sectionof EBV positive lymphosarcoma of control mice, (C) section of EBVnegative lymphosarcoma of novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1 treated mice,(D) section of EBV positive lymphosarcoma of novel anti-tumorpolypeptide 1 treated mice.

EMBODIMENTS

The invention will now be describe by describing preferred embodiment ofthe invention and with reference to the accompany drawings.

The original vector pSELECT™-1 used in the invention is purchased fromPromega Corp.

The engineering bacteria of E. coli BL21(DE3) is purchased from NovagenCorp.

EXAMPLE 1 Construction of Recombinant Plasmid Comprising Gene EncodingMutant Colicin Ia

The original vector is the plasmid pSELECTTM-1 (8.3 kb) (purchased fromPromega Corp.) which carries genes of colicin Ia and Immunity protein.Sequences of oligonucleotide primers shown in SEQ ID NOs.1-10 whichencode mutant amino acids is operably linked to the gene of wild-typecolicin Ia respectively by a double-strand oligonucleotide Site-DirectedMutagenesis technology (QuickChange™ Kit, Strategene Corp.), obtaining agene shown in SEQ ID NO.23 which encodes a mutant polypeptide of colicinIa, and a mutant plasmid. After that, the gene of SEQ ID NO.26 or SEQ IDNO.28 is inserted into the mutant plasmid after the codon of 1626 ofgene of mutant polypeptide of colicin Ia, obtaining two recombinantplasmids pCHCEB 11 (shown in FIG. 1) and pCHCEB22 (shown in FIG. 2) forthe novel polypeptide against tumor caused by EB virus. Sequences of 6pairs of oligonucleotide primers are shown in SEQ ID NO.11-22, which aredesigned for the preparation of gene encoding the antibody against EBvirus in the recombinant plasmid. The recombination plasmid istransfected into the engineering bacteria of E. coli BL21(DE3)(purchased from Novagen Corp.) to prepare the polypeptide. Thepolypeptides obtained are shown in SEQ ID NO.25 (hereinafter referred toas “novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1”) and SEQ ID NO.27 (hereinafterreferred to as “novel anti-tumor polypeptide 2”) in the sequence list.

The process of double-strand oligonucleotide site-directed mutagenesisfollows the Strategene QuickChang Site-Directed Mutagenesis Kit(catalog#200518).

1. Preparation of reactant for site-directed mutagenesis:

-   -   5 μl 10× buffer    -   2 μl (10 ng) original plasmid pSELECT™-1 which carries genes of        polypeptide of wild-type of colicin Ia and Immunity protein.    -   1.25 μl (125 ng) 5′-3′ oligonucleotide primer designed    -   1.25 μl (125 ng) 3′-5′ oligonucleotide primer designed    -   1 μl dNTP    -   double-distilled water 50 μl    -   1 μl pfu    -   (provided by the Kit except the plasmid, primers and        double-distilled water)

2. PCR amplification, amplification condition: 25 cycles of denaturationat 95° C. for 35 seconds, anneal at 53° C. for 70 seconds, and extensionat 68° C. for 17 minutes;

3. 1 μl endonuclease Dpn 1 is added to digest parental DNA chain (37°C., 1 hour), 1 μl reactant and 50 μl XL1-Blue competent cell areincubated together on ice for 30 minute, after a heat shock at 42° C.for 45 second, incubated in ice for 2 minute;

4. 0.5 ml cultivation medium NZY is added, shaking at 37° C. and 220 rpmfor 1 hour. 50-100 μl reactant is plated (LB medium plus 1% agar and 50μg/ml ampicillin, overnight at 37° C.);

5. Colony is picked up after 18 hours. Plasmid is extracted, sequenced,confirming that the mutation is successful;

6. The 50 ng recombination plasmid obtained finally by mutation atmultiple sites is incubated with 40 μl E. coli BL-21(DE3) competentcells on ice for 5 minute, heat shocked at 42° C. for 30 second, andincubated in ice for 2 minute. 160 μl cultivation medium SOC fromNovagen crop. is added, and plated after shaking at 37° C. and 220 rpmfor 1 hour (LB medium plus 1% agar and 50 μg/ml ampicillin, overnight at37° C.).

7. Single colony is picked up for amplification, 8-16 liters FB medium,250 rpm, 30° C. for 4-5 hours, heat shocked at 42° C. and 250 rpm for 30minute, and at 37° C. for 2 hours. The bacterium is precipitated bycentrifugation at 6000 g and 4° C. for 20 minute. 50 mM borate buffer (2mM EDTA+2 mM DTT) at 4° C. and 50-80 ml bacterium suspension is addedwith 0.2M PMSF 250 ml and treated with ultrasonication (4° C., 400W, 2minutes). Bacterium debris is high speed centrifugated (4° C., 75,000 g,90 minutes). The supernatant is added with 5 million units ofstreptomycin sulphate to precipitate DNA. After precipitation bycentrifugation at 15000 g and 4° C. for 10 minutes, the supernatant isdialysed overnight in dialysis bag of molecular weight 15,000 in 50 mMborate buffer at 4° C. After precipitation by centrifugation at 15000 gand 4° C. for 10 minutes again, the supernatant is loaded on a CMion-exchange column. The column is eluted using a gradient of 0.1-0.3 MNaCl+50 mM borate buffer, obtaining the recombinant anti-tumorpolypeptide.

Sequences of primers designed for site-directed mutagenesis are asfollows:

SEQ ID NO. 1 oligonucleotide primer 5′-3′designed for mutation of G11A in gene of colicin:cgt att aca aat ccc GCA gca gaa tcg ctg ggg, SEQ ID NO. 2oligonucleotide primer 3′-5′designed for mutation of G11A in gene of colicin:ccc cag cga ttc tgc TGC ggg att tgt aat acg, SEQ ID NO. 3oligonucleotide primer 5′-3′designed for mutation of H22G in gene of colicin:gat tca gat ggc GGT aaa tta tgg gtg, SEQ ID NO. 4oligonucleotide primer 3′-5′designed for mutation of H22G in gene of colicin:cac cca taa ttt ACC gcc atc tga atc, SEQ ID NO. 5oligonucleotide primer 5′-3′designed for mutation of A26G in gene of colicin:gaaa ttatgGGTgt tgatatttat, SEQ ID NO. 6 oligonucleotide primer 3′-5′designed for mutation of A26G in gene of colicin:ataaatatacaacACCcataatttc, SEQ ID NO. 7 oligonucleotide primer 5′-3′designed for mutation of V31L in gene of colicin:gt tgatatttat CTC aaccctc cacgtgtc, SEQ ID NO. 8oligonucleotide primer 3′-5′designed for mutation of V31L in gene of colicin:gacacgtggagggttGAGataaatatcaac, SEQ ID NO. 9oligonucleotide primer 5′-3′designed for mutation of H40D in gene of colicin:cgtgtcga tgtctttGATggtaccccgc ctgcat, SEQ ID NO. 10oligonucleotide primer 3′-5′designed for mutation of H40D in gene of colicin:atgcaggcggggtaccATCaaagacatcgacacg, SEQ ID NO. 11 primer 5′-3′for gene of V_(H)CDR1 in recombination plasmid pCHCEB11:gcg aat aag ttc tgg ggt att TCC TTC GGT ATG CAT TGG GTG CGTCAGtaa ata aaa tat aagaca ggc, SEQ ID NO. 12 primer 3′-5′for gene of V_(H)CDR1 in recombination plasmid pCHCEB11:gcc tgt ctt ata ttt tat tta CTG ACG CAC CCA ATG CAT ACC GAA GGA aat acc cca gaactt att cgc, SEQ ID NO. 13 primer 5′-3′for gene of V_(H)FR₂ in recombination plasmid pCHCEB11:ggt atg cat tgg gtg cgt cag GCC CCC GAG AAA GGT CTG GAG TGG GTG GCC taa ataaaa tat aag aca ggc, SEQ ID NO. 14 primer 3′-5′for gene of V_(H)FR₂ in recombination plasmid pCHCEB11:gcc tgt ctt ata ttt tat tta GGC CAC CCA CTC CAG ACCT TTT CTC GGG GGC ctg acg caccca atg cat acc, SEQ ID NO. 15 primer 5′-3′for gene of (Rev)V₁CDR3 in recombination plasmid pCHCEB11:aaa ggt ctg gag tgg gtg gcc ACC TAC CCC TAC TCC TAC GGT CAG GGT taa ata aaa tataag aca ggc, SEQ ID NO. 16primer 3′-5′for gene of (Rev)V_(L)CDR3 in recombination plasmid pCHCEB11:gcc tgt ctt ata ttt tat tta ACC CTG ACC GTA GGA GTA GGG GGT ggc cac cca ctc cagacc ttt, SEQ ID NO.17 primer 5′-3′for gene of V_(H)CDR1 in recombination plasmid pCHCEB22:gcg aat aag ttc tgg ggt att TCC TTC GGT ATG CAT TGG GTG CGT CAG taa ata aaa tataag aca ggc, SEQ ID NO. 18 primer 3′-5′for gene of V_(H)CDR1 in recombination plasmid pCHCEB22:gcc tgt ctt ata ttt tat tta CTG ACG CAC CCA ATG CAT ACC GAA GGA aat acc cca gaactt att cgc, SEQ ID NO. 19 primer 5′-3′for gene of V_(H)FR₂ in recombination plasmid pCHCEB22:ggt atg cat tgg gtg cgt cag GCC CCC GAG AAA GGT CTG GAG TGG GTG GCC taaataaaa tat aag aca ggc, SEQ ID NO. 20 primer 3′-5′for gene of V_(H)FR₂ in recombination plasmid pCHCEB22:gcc tgt ctt ata ttt tat tta GGC CAC CCA CTC CAG ACCT TTT CTC GGG GGC ctg acg caccca atg cat acc, SEQ ID NO. 21 primer 5′-3′for gene of V_(L)CDR3 in recombination plasmid pCHCEB22:aaa ggt ctg gag tgg gtg gcc GGT CAG GGT TAC TCC TAC CCC TAC ACC taa ata aaa tataag aca ggc, SEQ ID NO. 22 primer 3′-5′for gene of V_(L)CDR3 in recombination plasmid pCHCEB22:gcc tgt ctt ata ttt tat tta GGT GTA GGG GTA GGA GTA ACC CTG ACC ggc cac cca ctccag acc ttt,

EXAMPLE 2 Observation of Immune Effect of Novel Anti-tumor PolypeptidesPrepared from Recombination Plasmid pCHCEB11 and pCHCEB22

Mice are immunized with the novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1 and the novelanti-tumor polypeptide 2 prepared from the recombination plasmidpCHCEB11 and pCHCEB22 obtained in Example 1, and the anti-tumorpolypeptide 1 and the anti-tumor polypeptide 2 from the former inventionowned by inventor (ZL200410081446.8). Each protein described above ismixed with adjuvant. The priming dose and the boost dose are oneintraperitoneal injection of 50 μg (0.5 ml) each mouse, five injectionswith 2 weeks interval totally. Serum titer is determined by indirectELISA method. The titer of mice immunized with the novel anti-tumorpolypeptide 1 and 2 prepared by the present invention range from 10⁻³ tole, while the titer of mice immunized with the anti-tumor polypeptide 1and anti-tumor polypeptide 2 range from 10⁻⁴ to 10⁻⁵.

It can be seen that the possibility of hypersensitive reaction inducedby the novel anti-tumor polypeptide of the present invention is 1 orderto 2 orders of magnitude lower than the possibility of hypersensitivereaction induced by anti-tumor polypeptide comprising wild-type colicinIa.

EXAMPLE 3 Experiment of Low Sensitization Effect of the MutantPolypeptide of Colicin Ia which Forms Novel Anti-tumor Polypeptide

The mutant plasmid for mutant polypeptide of colicin Ia (which ismutated at amino acid residues of G11A, H22G, A26G, V31L, and H40D inpeptide chain of aqueous channel domain) of Example 1 is operably linkedto pheromone AgrD1(YSTCDFIM) of S. aurous at N-terminus or C-terminus ofthe mutant polypeptide, obtaining two antibacterial polypeptides. Thepolypeptide obtained by the linkage of AgrD1 at carboxyl terminus of themutant colicin Ia is named as polypeptide 1 against S. aurous, and thepolypeptide obtained by the linkage of AgrD1 at amino terminus of themutant colicin Ia is named as polypeptide 1 against Pseudomonasaeruginosa. Plasmid for wild-type colicin Ia is linked at amino terminusto pheromone AgrD1(YSTCDFIM) of S. aurous, obtaining polypeptide 2against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Experiment 1

A batch of Kunming mice are intraperitoneally injected with lethal doseof MRSA (ATCC BAA42), and are grouped randomly into (1) control group,(2) group of ampicillin, (3) group of polypeptide against S. aurous, (4)group of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous. Each group consists of 10mice.

Treating method:

One hour after intraperitoneal injection of lethal dose of MRSA (ATCCBAA42):

control group: injected with 0.5 ml 0.3 M NaCl+50 mM borate buffer viatail vein once;

group of ampicillin: injected with ampicillin of 2.5 mg/kg via tail veinonce;

group of polypeptide against S. aurous: injected with polypeptideagainst S. aurous owned by the inventor (ZL 01128836.1) of 6 mg/kg viatail vein once;

group of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous: injected with polypeptide 1against S. aurous of 6 mg/kg via tail vein once;

Result: Mice in the control group and the group of ampicillin are alldead in two days. 85% mice in the group of polypeptide against S. aurousand the group of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous survive.

Experiment 2

14 days after experiment 1, a new batch of Kunming mice are grouped intoa control group and a group of ampicillin. The survived mice from thegroup of polypeptide against S. aurous and the group of polypeptide 1against S. aurous are grouped into a group of polypeptide against S.aurous and a group of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous to repeat theexperiment described above. Mice in the control group and the group ofampicillin are all dead in two days. 75% mice in the group ofpolypeptide against S. aurous survive, and 90% mice in the group ofpolypeptide 1 against S. aurous survive.

Experiment 3

41 days after experiment 1, a new batch of Kunming mice are grouped intoa control group, a group of levofloxacin, and a group of ceftriaxonesodium. The survived mice from the group of polypeptide against S.aurous and the group of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous are grouped intoa group of polypeptide 2 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and a group ofpolypeptide 1 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Mice are intraperitoneally injected with of lethal dose of multi-drugresistance Pseudomonas aeruginosa (clinical isolates 13578 fromDepartment of Experimental Medicine, West China Hospital of SichuanUniversity). After one hour,

the control group are injected with 0.5 ml 0.3 M NaCl+50 mM boratebuffer via tail vein once;

the group of levofloxacin are injected with levofloxacin of 5 mg/kg viatail vein once;

the group of ceftriaxone sodium are injected with ceftriaxone sodium of30 mg/kg via tail vein once;

the group of polypeptide 2 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa are injectedwith the polypeptide 1 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa of 8 mg/kg viatail vein once;

Mice in the control group and the group of levofloxacin are all dead ina day. 25% mice in the group of ceftriaxone sodium survive. 60% mice inthe group of polypeptide 2 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa survive. Allof the mice in the group of polypeptide 1 against Pseudomonas aeruginosasurvive. It is demonstrated that the antibody of host interfere with thekilling effect of the mutant polypeptide lower than with that ofwild-type polypeptide.

See FIG. 3.

At week 1, week 2 and week 7 of the experiment, serum of survived micefrom the group of polypeptide against S. aurous/group of polypeptide 2against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and the group of polypeptide 1 againstS. aurous/group of polypeptide 1 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa isassayed by indirect ELISA method to detect the antibody in blood. Wellsof enzyme label plate are coated with wilt-type colicin Ia and themutant polypeptide of colicin Ia, 100 ng/well. The first antibodies areserums of survived mice from the group of polypeptide against S.aurous/group of polypeptide 2 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and thegroup of polypeptide 1 against S. aurous/group of polypeptide 1 againstPseudomonas aeruginosa. The second antibody is goat anti mouse labeledantibody. The first antibody of negative control is 5% milk-PBS. Theresults of 1:50,000 titer are as follows (see FIG. 4):

B (group of polypeptide 1 against A (group of polypeptide group of S.aurous/ against S. aurous/ group of polypeptide 1 polypeptide 2 againstagainst Pseudomonas Pseudomonas aeruginosa) aeruginosa 1 (Week 1) 0.9140.254 2 (Week 2) 1.623 0.598 3 (Week 7) 2.911 1.41 4 (controll) 0.0650.069

It is demonstrated that the possibility of host's hypersensitivereaction induced by the mutant polypeptide of colicin Ia prepared by thepresent invention is lower than the possibility of host's hypersensitivereaction induced by wild-type colicin Ia.

EXAMPLE 4 In vitro Killing Effect of the Novel Anti-tumor Polypeptide toBurkitt's Lymphoma Caused by EB Virus

EBV positive cell strain and EBV negative cell strain is standard cellstrain from ATCC, USA.

Cell cultivation: 0.1 ml suspension of revived Raji cell is added slowlyinto 3 ml 1640 liquid medium (plus 10% serum) in a culture dish(dilution rate, 1:30), mixed, and cultured in a 37° C. incubator withCO₂. The EBV positive cell strain is ATCC CCL-86 (a standard Burkitt'slymphoma cell used in laboratories in the world, Raji cell, isolatedfrom a 12 year old Africa boys in 1963).

The test cells are grouped into 3 groups.

The group 1 is a blank group, which is added with a preservationsolution (10 mMPB+0.2M NaCl phosphate buffer (pH7.4)) without theanti-tumor polypeptide.

The group 2 is added with 200 m/ml the novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1(plasmid pCHCEB11, preservation solution, 10 mMPB+0.2M NaCl phosphatebuffer, pH7.4).

The group 3 is added with 200 m/ml the novel anti-tumor polypeptide 2(plasmid pCHCEB22, preservation solution, 10 mMPB+0.2M NaCl phosphatebuffer, pH7.4).

After cultivation for 24 hours, the culture dish is added with thetreating agents described above. 72 hours after the addition of thetreating agents, the culture dish is added with 20 μl of 100 μMolpropidium iodide (PI), and observed under microscope 10 minutes later.The result shows that the cells of blank group grow well, and the mostof cells in the group of novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1 are stained redby PI, showing that cell membrane is destroyed by the anti-tumorpolypeptide, which leads to the death of tumor cells. Comparing thenumber of dead cells, the effect of novel anti-tumor polypeptide 2 isnot so well among two novel anti-tumor polypeptides, see FIG. 5.

EXAMPLE 5 Observation of Multi-fluorescence Staining for the in vitroKilling Effect of the Novel Anti-tumor Polypeptide to Cells of Burkitt'sLymphoma Caused by EB Virus and other Tumor Cells

The condition of cell cultivation is the same as Example 2. Three cellstrains are used in the experiment: EB-virus positive cell strain: ATCCCCL-86(Raji cell, Burkitt's lymphoma cell); ATCC CRL-2230, a strain ofmalignant lymphosarcoma cell from a 46 year old man with AIDS, which ispositive for EB-virus and Kaposi sarcoma virus; EB-virus negative cellstrain: ATCC CRL-1648(CA-46, a cell isolated from ascitic fluid ofpatient of American Burkitt's lymphoma).

Each strain is group into 2 test group. The group 1 is added with apreservation solution (10 mMPB+0.2M NaCl phosphate buffer (pH7.4))without the novel anti-tumor polypeptide. The group 2 is added with 200m/ml the novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1 (plasmid pCHCEB11), thepreservation solution is 10 mMPB+0.2M NaCl phosphate buffer, pH7.4.

After cultivation for 24 hours, the culture dish is added with thetreating agents of the group described above. 72 hours after theaddition of the treating agents, the culture dish is added with twotypes of fluorescent dyes, i.e. 20 μl of 50 μMol FITC and 20 μl of 50uMol Rodamin-123, and observed under microscope Olympus IX-71 10 minuteslater.

The result shows that the strain of EBV negative tumor cell grows wellafter the treatment of the novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1, and the mostcells from every strain of EBV positive tumor cells appear thedisappearance of mitochondrion and nucleus, is swelling and necrosis,most of them are dead. Apparently, compared with the PI stain experimentof Example 4, the result from the experiment of multi-fluorescencestaining shows more clearly the powerful killing effect of the novelanti-tumor polypeptide 1 against EB virus positive tumor cell, see FIG.6.

EBV negative tumor cells grow well, which means that the novelanti-tumor polypeptide does not attack the cell without surface antigenof EB virus in cell membrane. It is suggested that the novel anti-tumorpolypeptide of the present invention has an ideal targeting specificityand safety.

EXAMPLE 6 Killing Effect of the Novel Anti-tumor Polypeptide to SolidTumor Grown in Naked Mice Planted with Cells of Burkitt's LymphomaCaused by EB Virus

SCID immunodeficient mice are purchased from Shanghai Laboratory AnimalCenter, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The mice are fed follow thestandard feeding requirements. Water, bedding straw and feedstuff areall sterilized by high temperature or UV light. The mice are fed oneweed under relative aseptic condition, and used in the inoculationexperiment if there's no abnormality.

Cell suspensions of Raji (ATCC CCL-86) and 1648 (ATCC CRL-1648) inexponential phase are collected in 50 ml centrifuge tubes, centrifugedat 4° C. The supernatant is then discarded. The cells are resuspended in1640 liquid culture medium (plus calf serum) to 1.0×10⁷ cells/ml. Themice are injected subcutaneously with 0.1 ml of cell suspension of Rajiat left axillary, and with 0.1 ml of cell suspension of 1648(ATCCCRL-1648) at right axillary.

3-4 days after injection, the tumor grows into about 2×2 mm. The micebearing the tumor are group into:

(group A) the preservation solution (10 mM PBS+0.2M NaCl phosphatebuffer (pH7.4)) without the anti-tumor polypeptide, as control group;

(group B) the novel anti-tumor polypeptide 1 (plasmid pCHCEB11), astreating group, 300 μg/mouse/day (calculated as 25 g), for 20 dayscontinuously.

Ten mice of each group are injected subcutaneously 0.5 ml twice a dayfor 20 days continuously. The behavior of mice is observed anddocumented every day. The size of tumor is determined and photographedevery two days.

The result (see FIG. 7) shows that the growth of tumor in group B of thenovel anti-tumor polypeptide is inhibited significantly, wherein tumorsin 7 mice disappear, and tumors in the other 3 mice are smaller clearlythan that of control group. The novel anti-tumor polypeptide iseffective to inhibit the growth of solid tumor in mice caused by EBVpositive cells of lymphosarcoma. But the novel anti-tumor polypeptide isineffective to inhibit the growth of solid tumor in mice caused by EBVnegative cells of lymphosarcoma.

EXAMPLE 7 Pathological Observation of In Vivo Experiment of TumorElimination

Histopathology observation of tumors: Mice are sacrificed at the end ofthe experiment of Example 6. Tumors are extracted, fixed in 10%formalin. The paraffin slices are HE stained and observed under routineoptical microscopy.

Observed under the microscopy, the solid tumors from mice of controlgroup is proliferating vigorously; the cells of EBV positive solidtumors from mice of group of the novel anti-tumor polypeptide shrinkremarkably. Most of the cell masses in the section are necrotic tumorcells, and a large amount of peritumoral lymphocytic infiltration isobserved. The histopathology result suggests that during the treatmentof 20 days, the novel anti-tumor polypeptide killed nearly all of thetumor cells in the solid tumor (see FIG. 8, D).

The invention claimed is:
 1. A fusion polypeptide against a tumor causedby an EB virus, the fusion polypeptide comprising: a mutant polypeptideof colicin Ia or Ib which can form ion channels; and a polypeptide of ananti-EB virus antibody or a polypeptide of an anti-EB virus antibodymimetic operably linked with the mutant polypeptide of colicin Ia or Ibwhich can form ion channels, wherein the mutant polypeptide of colicinIa or Ib which can form ion channels includes a mutation of amino acidresidues G11A, H22G, A26G, V31L, and 40D of wild-type colicin Ia or Ib,wherein the polypeptide of the anti-EB virus antibody has an amino acidsequence identical to an amino acid sequence of a polypeptide of amonoclonal antibody secreted by hybridoma of ATCC HB-168.
 2. The fusionpolypeptide against the tumor caused by the EB virus according to claim1, wherein the polypeptide of the antibody mimetic is a connectedpeptide of a CDR1 region of heavy chain, a linking peptide segment of aCDR1-CDR2 of a heavy chain and a CDR3 of a light chain of the anti-EBvirus antibody.
 3. The fusion polypeptide against the tumor caused bythe EB virus according to claim 2, wherein the mutant polypeptide ofcolicin Ia or Ib which can form ion channels is obtained by mutation ofthe wild-type colicin Ia.
 4. The fusion polypeptide against the tumorcaused by the EB virus according to claim 3, wherein the fusionpolypeptide against the tumor caused by the EB virus has the amino acidsequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO.
 29. 5. A gene encoding the fusionpolypeptide against the tumor caused by the EB virus of claim
 1. 6. Thegene according to claim 5, wherein the gene comprises the nucleotidesequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO.
 30. 7. A recombination plasmidcomprising the gene of claim
 5. 8. A preparation method for the fusionpolypeptide against the tumor caused by the EB virus, comprising stepsof: transforming the recombination plasmid of claim 7 into an expressionsystem for expression, and isolating the polypeptide expressed, whichpolypeptide is formed by an operable linkage of a mutant polypeptide ofcolicin Ia or Ib which can form ion channels with a polypeptide of ananti-EB virus antibody or a polypeptide of an anti-EB virus antibodymimetic, wherein the mutant polypeptide of colicin Ia or Ib which canform ion channels is obtained by mutation of amino acid residues ofG11A, H22G, A26G, V31L, and H40D of wild-type colicin Ia or Ib, whereinthe polypeptide of the anti-EB virus antibody has an amino acid sequenceidentical to an amino acid sequence of a polypeptide of a monoclonalantibody secreted by hybridoma of ATCC HB-168.
 9. A mutant polypeptideof colicin Ia comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.24.
 10. A gene encoding the mutant polypeptide of colicin Ia of claim 9.